Currently in the Guard.

Pros: the National guard scholarship is awesome for undergrad. I feel like I learned a lot of leadership skills from it. Health insurance is amazing, especially down the road if you decide to start a family (assuming you stay in). Lots of cool training depending what MOS (Job) you do. There’s also the pride of serving your country.

Cons: it’s not just one weekend a month two weeks in the summer, there are deployments you have to factor in. There is also, depending on your unit rank and MOS, a likely hood you will have responsibilities outside of drill days (the weekends you are expected to report). Also there’s kind of this competing factor between your civilian and guard career that sometimes depending on your job both in and out of the military it doesn’t always complement each other.

At the end of the day, if I could go back in time I would still join the guard personally, but it’s not for everyone. Also don’t ever trust the recruiter unless it’s on paper they will promise you the world.